>Why don't you just archive the old forums and install some newer,
>better forum software? I can't imagine storing literally everything in
>text files is terribly secure, especially since the company that makes
>the forum software is out of business.

There is no better forum software, only newer :-). All forum software is shite, you just get to pick which kind of shiteness you want.

Also I'd much rather have flat text files than structured binary crap; in the worst case it gives you migration options.

S.